bell hooks, a distinguished scholar, cultural critic, feminist theorist, and author, has profoundly impacted discussions on ...

One cornerstone of bell hooks's work was that patriarchal ideals harm both men and women. In her 2004 book The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity and Love, hooks points out how societal expectations ...

Beloved author, professor and feminist bell hooks, known for titles like "Aint I A Woman" and "All About Love," has died. She was 69. The author's family confirmed her death to USA TODAY, saying she ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From reimagining the classroom to tearing down imposter syndrome, author, critic and fierce public intellectual bell hooks ...

The writer and theorist, who died this week, was instrumental in cracking open the white, western canon for Black artists. Author and cultural critic bell hooks poses for a portrait on December 16, ...

Last fall, after blogger Gina Ulysse lamented the public silence of acclaimed scholar and feminist icon bell hooks, the Ms. Blog hosted “bell hooks week,” inviting writers to reflect on hooks’ ...

On December 15, author, activist, and professor bell hooks (née Gloria Jean Watkins) died at age 69, leaving behind a legacy of powerful words, critical thinking, and love. “The family of Gloria Jean ...

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Editor’s note: We were devastated to hear bell hooks—scholar, writer, activist and feminist legend—died on Wednesday, Dec. 15, at her home. She was 69. Born on Sep. 25, 1952, in Hopkinsville, Ky., ...

bell hooks was one of the mighty fires in which I was forged, the first person to say I was a real writer, to tell me I had something urgent to share with the world. I had grown up with serious ...

M. Shadee Malaklou had just been hired as the new chair of the Women's and Gender Studies department at Berea College in Kentucky when she was invited to have lunch with bell hooks. When she arrived, ...